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Meaning of shortness

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  shortness
      n 1: the property of being of short spatial extent; "the
           shortness of the Channel crossing" [ant: {longness}]
      2: the condition of being short of something; "there was no
         shortness of money"; "can cause shortness of breath"
      3: the property of being truncated or short [syn: {shortness},
         {truncation}]
      4: the property of being of short temporal extent; "the
         shortness of air travel time" [ant: {longness}]
      5: the property of being shorter than average stature [ant:
         {tallness}]
      6: an abrupt discourteous manner [syn: {abruptness},
         {brusqueness}, {curtness}, {gruffness}, {shortness}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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